{"id":8646,"date":"2024-12-05T17:13:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T09:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8646"},"modified":"2024-12-05T17:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T09:13:28","slug":"house-freedom-caucus-comes-out-against-unpaid-disaster-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8646","title":{"rendered":"House Freedom Caucus comes out against \u2018unpaid\u2019 disaster aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-1.jpg 769w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-1-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus came out against \u201cunpaid\u201d disaster aid legislation in an official statement on Wednesday, urging \u201cnot one more cent to the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the statement on Wednesday evening, the caucus urged their colleagues against passing \u201ca whopping $100 billion unpaid disaster supplemental funding bill,\u201d accusing Democrats of using the measure \u201cto cement their own unrelated priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe House should consider only what is absolutely necessary right now to provide critical relief to hurricane victims and farmers, and pay for it with offsets from wasteful spending elsewhere in the government, then wait for President Trump to take office to better manage disaster relief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement comes after members of the caucus said they spoke to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this week about the need for offsets for disaster relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a plethora of things to cut, and so he listened. We\u2019ll see what he does,\u201d Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), a member of the caucus, said of the recent meeting with Johnson, adding, \u201che got a world of thoughts on [doing] pay for. Now\u2019s the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSeventy-six million people voted for Trump,\u201d Norman said on Wednesday ahead of the caucus\u2019 official statement. \u201cThe message is clear. We don\u2019t do it now, we\u2019re not gonna do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members on both sides have been working in recent weeks to craft bipartisan emergency legislation to provide disaster relief in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by hurricanes Helene and Milton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign up for the Morning Report<br>The latest in politics and policy. Direct to your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email address<br>By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use, have reviewed the Privacy Policy, and to receive personalized offers and communications via email, on-site notifications, and targeted advertising using my email address from The Hill, Nexstar Media Inc., and its affiliates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bipartisan talks started to pick up last month after the Biden administration asked Congress for nearly $100 billion in disaster aid as officials warned of dwindling funds, as well as additional funding recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While some prominent Republicans have said a \u201crobust\u201d response is needed, negotiators on both sides said this week that talks remain ongoing to settle on a topline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy friends on the other side of the aisle, and I don\u2019t agree on a lot of things, but we do agree when Americans are in a tough spot, the federal government has a responsibility to help,\u201d House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, we\u2019re just trying to figure out how to use what\u2019s been proposed appropriately,\u201d Cole said. \u201cIf we can save money in doing that, that\u2019s great, but the number one job here is to make sure that the Carolinas and Georgia and Florida and the Southeast in general, and other places that haven\u2019t been taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawmakers expect any deal on a disaster aid supplemental bill to be attached to a stopgap funding plan Congress is angling to pass in the coming weeks to avert a government shutdown before Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus came out against \u201cunpaid\u201d disaster aid legislation in an official statement on Wednesday, urging \u201cnot one more cent to the Biden administration.\u201d In the statement on Wednesday evening, the caucus urged their colleagues against passing \u201ca whopping $100 billion unpaid disaster supplemental funding bill,\u201d accusing Democrats of using the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2915,2601,2916],"class_list":["post-8646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-caucus","tag-disaster","tag-statement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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